Arcane Brotherhood
The Arcane Brotherhood is a mercantile company and wizards’ guild. It maintains several safehouses in Luskan and in other cities of the North and at least one fortress somewhere in the mountains north and east of Luskan. The Host Tower of the Arcane, however, is the seat of its strength. Hard information on the upper echelons of the Arcane Brotherhood is very difficult to come by. It’s clear, though, that some of the senior wizards have recently been destroyed or trapped in forms they can’t escape, communicate, or work magic from. Some have been moved behind the scenes, and some have left the Brotherhood to pursue their own aims - lichdom, mastery in other lands or planes of existence, and so on. Some of the names in this entry are new to most observers in Faerûn, but should be noted that current activities of the Zhentarim, the Cult of the Dragon, and the Red Wizards of Thay reveal they haven’t managed to place agents or even spies in any positions of importance within the Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood changes with menacing rapidity, as its internal feuds are deadly. Travelers are advised to avoid the attention of this evil, manipulative group.